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Using a nationwide population-based registry, researchers examined the outcomes of dispatcher-initiated telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) in Japan. They divided adult Japanese patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA; n = 582,483, age ≥ 18 years) into 3 groups: no bystander CPR (NCPR) before emergency medical service arrival (n = 448,606), bystander-initiated CPR (BCPR) performed without assistance (n = 46,964), and TCPR (n = 86,913). They observed significantly …..